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catalogue of the Brayton Ives sale were sent me by some New York friends. The check too, I return for the following reasons. 1st It was a gift from me to you at a time when the clouds hung low - 2nd We must not in our declining years play Indian! 3rd What the h--l! [[end page]] [[start page]] 4th Life is too short! 5th Let's take a drinkand call it square - Always yours, Charles/ No longer in exile -/